Improvement in rests for driving-reins



G. P. WILLIAMS. Rest for Driving-Reins.

No.' 221,643. Patented Nov. H, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. WILLIAMS, OF HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RESTS FOR DRIVING-REINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 22] ,643,-datedNovember 11, 1879; application filed September 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known, that I, GEORGE P. WILLIAMs, of Harrisonburg, in the countyof Rockingham and State of Virginia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Rests for Driving- Beins, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to an improvement in rests for driving-reins; andit consists of a bent-wire frame,.the lower part of which is formed intoa clasp, while the upper portion is properly fashioned, as hereinafterset forth, to receive the reins.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive restfor the drivingreins, and one which can be adjusted upon the dash-boardof a buggy to suit the convenience of the driver, and be detached atwill.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of adevice embodying the elements of the invention. Fig. 2 is a detachedside view of the lower part of same.

- In the accompanying drawings, A represents the rest, which, in thepresent instance, is of an oval shape, and constructed of a single pieceof wire, one end of which is formed into a small ring for ornamentationand then curves downward a short distance, forming a loop, as at a, onone side of the device; thence it curves upward on the other side,forming an inverted loop, b, corresponding in dimensions with the loopa. The wire then passes downward in a slightly-curved line, forming oneside of the device. After passing downward a sufficient distance to forma rest of the proper height, the wire is turned short and folded upward,.and then downward, the folds being lettered d e. The wire is then bentoutward and formed into two folds, similar and adjacent to the folds de, which serve, in connection with the two latter folds, to form aclasp, by which the device may readily be attached upon the dash-boardof the vehicle and adjusted or detached at will. After the folds lastdescribed have been formed the wire extends upward, forming the otherside of the device, and then passes over toward the side of the devicefirst constructed, being looped correspondingly with the loops at 11,forming ovals f f, and its end being fashioned into a ring similar inall respects to the ring on the first end of the wire.

In the formation of the loops at the upper portion of the device theends of the wire pass on opposite sides of each other at the threejoints shown, so as to brace each other and preserve the general contourof the device.

After the rest has been attached to the dashboard of the vehicle, thedriving-reins may be placed in the space between the two ends of thewire, or they may be unbuckled and passed through the ovals f f, andthen rebuckled. If the latter plan is preferred, there is no possibilityof the reins falling to the ground; but either method may besuccessfully employed.

It is obvious that various ways of bending the wire, so as toeffectively answer the purpose of the device, and at the sametime beattractive, will readily suggest themselves to the manufacturer, andneed not be specifically mentioned. What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A wire rest for driving-reins, having its lower portion formed into thefolds d e and its upper portion into the ovals ff, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in rests for drivinglines or reins, as above described, I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE P. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

GRANVILLE EASTHAM, CHARLES E. HAAS.

